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Isometric Images of C* Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Donal P. O’Donovan
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Kenneth R. Davidson
Affiliation:
Pure Mathematics Department, University of Waterloo, Canada
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Abstract

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It is shown that if the isometric image of a linear subspace of Hilbert space operators is irreducible in a strong sense, then the isometry is either a multiplicative or anti-multiplicative map, possibly followed by multiplication by a unitary.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1984

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